On our second full day in New Mexico, we visited Meow Wolf’s Santa Fe installment. House of Eternal Return was one of, but not the only reason I wanted to come to Santa Fe in the first place. I was already a fan of Meow Wolf’s Denver exhibit, Convergence Station, which the whole family visited on our trip to Colorado this summer. I had a great time there but it left the rest of the family feeling tired and over stimulated. I felt a little bit bad about dragging everyone along on my whims, but that didn’t stop
Refrigerator that is also a portal to another dimension (?)
me from doing it again. Mom was very kind to me on this trip and was willing to spend quite a long time exploring the installation, which was designed as a house harboring numerous portals to other worlds in the aftermath of a mysterious “anomaly” involving the family that lived there. She claimed not to mind and told me that it was “better than the other one”. I had a great time wandering through the labyrinth of vibrantly themed rooms and unlocking pieces of the story on the accompanying app. We couldn’t believe how much of it there was to see! We made our way through most of the story but only found five or so of the twenty four variants of Nimsesku the hamster that were hidden about the place.
Super creepy clown room
Our next stop was Kakawa Chocolate House. One of their specialties is their drinking chocolate “elixirs”. We sampled several, including one that was completely unsweetened. We got some chocolate truffles to go, including their signature goat cheese and sage flavor, which Mom wasn’t sure about but I thought was pretty good.
After resting and playing a quick board game, we walked into town for our last stop of the day. Mom had
read about Table For Two’s $10 happy hour drinks and appetizers. The restaurant turned out to be a bit fancier than either of us had expected, but the happy hour menu gave us an opportunity to sample several of their dishes without spending huge amounts of money. We tried mushroom risotto, crispy ravioli, pulled pork tacos, and beef kabobs, all of which were delicious. 